Coroflot

Resume

EXPERIENCE:
TOTEM - formerly Redwood Custom Communications
Designer
2007 - Present
+ Performs a lead role in the layout of print and web design for a variety of clients such as L’Oréal, Kraft, CAA, Metro grocery stores and Canada Post
+ Art directs photoshoots to ensure accuracy in style and content
+ Proofs photography and illustration, and manages press approvals
+ Source and commissions appropriate photographers, models and illustrators as per project needs
+ Trained and provided art direction for freelancers, junior designers and interns
+ Determines schedules for art production and assists in the tracking of art department budget
+ Regularly attends brainstorming sessions to pitch web, print and design ideas
+ Assists in page presentation and design rational for clients
+ Manages multiple, concurrent projects in different stages of production, as well as the supervision
of versioned content (English, French and Spanish) and design consistency

AWARD DESIGNS
Designer
2007 – Present
+ Freelance design work for multiple clients, including: editorial design, corporate identity, brochure,
event poster/flyer, invitation, letterhead, business card and website design.

FAIRMOUNT BOOKS INC.
Marketing Coordinator
2006 - 2007
+ Created advertising, signage and promotional material for trade shows and events
+ Coordinated projects with outside vendors and advertisers
+ Determined production schedules for catalogue and marketing department promotional
+ Communicated, sent and received digital fi les with production department at our supplier
+ Maintained daily content of web site and products to appear on site
+ Copy writing for all marketing material and promotional collateral
+ Built and maintained marketing data base, image archive and editorial calendar as per marketing plan

SALON COMMUNICATIONS
Designer
2005 - 2006
+ Designed pages for Salon’s four publications - Salon Magazine, Salon French Magazine, Elevate and West Coast Style
+ Sourced and retouched digital images as necessary to ensure smooth reproduction for print and online reproduction
+ Maintained archive of photography, illustrators, layout pages and approved pages
+ Photographed hair salon products for use in four publications

HUMBER COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
Teachers Assistant for Introduction to Photojournalism
2005
+ Discussed assigned duties with classroom teachers in order to coordinate instructional efforts
+ Presented subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using lectures and group discussions
+ Distributed tests and homework assignments, and graded work according to guidelines
+ Lead classroom-delivered learning model with structured hands-on activities to Photoshop beginners

URBANOLOGY MAGAZINE
Photographer/Staff Writer
2003 - 2004
+ Photographed subjects, and art directed shoots to ensure style and content consistency
+ Assisted in the design of the magazine while preparing images and graphics for print and online reproduction
+ Interviewed sources, and wrote copy based on the direction of the editor

EDUCATION:
JOURNALISM
Three-year diploma program – 2002-2005
Specializing in Print Journalism and Graphic Design
Graduated with honours
Humber College School of Applied Arts and Technology

MEDIA FOUNDATION
Certificate – 2001-2002
Graduated with honours
Humber College School of Applied Arts and Technology

SKILLS:
Intermediate: InDesign, InCopy, Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXpress, Acrobat, iMovie, Dreamweaver, FinalCut Pro, Ektron Content Management systems, copy writing and SEO.

Junior: Flash, HTML

Comfortable in both Mac and PC operating systems, and troubleshooting in both platforms.

*References available upon request.